China and Japan Agree That Protectionist Policies Harm Everyone
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Chinese and Japanese leaders agreed that protectionist and inward-looking policies harm everyone, and Japan called on China to work through the World Trade Organization to resolve such problems.
Both nations agreed that "making protectionist moves, or using so-called inward-looking policies, isn’t in the interests of any nation," Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso told reporters in Beijing after meeting with Chinese Vice Premiers Liu He and Han Zheng, There was also discussion of trade with the U.S. at the meetings on Thursday, Aso said.